“Kaitlyn Dever”
I LOVE that kid! I hope she rockets to fame and fortune. She was awesome in ‘Justified.’
That said, I lost a Nephew to opiates. Dead at 18. I lost a marriage and a Step-Son to opiates. ‘Dear Old Dad’ thought it was ‘cool’ to share his stash with his only son so they could ‘party’ together. They also sold drugs FROM OUR HOME while I was working 50-60 hour weeks. Also, not even REMOTELY cool. Kicked them both out when I figured out what they were up to.
Been there. Done that. Destroyed my family. Never going back. Not sure if after living through that, I can watch it. Sorry. :(
Horrors, my condolences.
I’m sorry you had to go through all that. And no, that’s not sarcasm; I mean it.
My condolences for your pain and heartache. Bad enough to lose a family but to have a husband and father turn his kid into a drugged out loser is the worst thing I can imagine. The fact you can still trust anyone speaks volumes about your strength and character.
My history as a pain patient led me to hydrocodone for the neuropathy in my legs and feet. During the day I could take the pain, just barely.
Nights were a different matter. Try to sleep with millions of white hot daggers stabbing you in the extremities ALL night. Before a doctor prescribed hydrocodone I would go days without sleep until I basically passed out from exhaustion. Hydrocodone gave me the ability to take one pill at night and get a full nights rest. I had my life back.
When Virginia restricted the prescription of pain meds they made it impossible for me to get pain med without going to a Pain Management Specialist. Those suckers areexpensive and my insurance won’t pay a penny on them. I was back to suffering.
Fortunately a new doctor put me on gabapentin. Gabapentin is an anti seizure medication that has the benefit of treating pain. While it doesn’t do nearly as good a job I can get it easily and use a menthol gel, like blue emu, and get a decent 4-5 hours of sleep before the pain wakes me and I have to reapply the gel.
It’s a bitch but it works, mostly.
My thoughts on people who abuse prescription drugs is that they are going to find a way to get high anyway. Prescriptions just take the risk out of buying on the street.
Odd how after the gov’t took away the pain meds fentanyl use started booming, eh.
Stoners gonna find a way to get stoned.
Good lord. What a nightmare.
luckily my family has pretty much stayed away from the opioids thankfully....my father ran a strict ship and even though my mom and him smoked, he would never allow us to even play with an empty carton or pack.
Thanks for the kind thought, Everyone. It’s been a good dozen years and I am off to a ‘new & vastly improved’ life with a sane, SOBER, awesome man. :)
Just want people to know that there IS life after opioids - but the subject always trips my trigger, you know? I have no answers other than to do what you can for the addicts in your life and when they can’t, won’t or don’t want any help - cut your losses and RUN as fast as you can in the opposite direction. ;)